Section 2772 Of Chapter 4.5. Electrical And Gas Corporations From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.5.
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. In establishing the priorities pursuant to Section 2771, the
commission shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration of
all the following:
(a) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and
gas, in descending order of priority, that provide the most important
public benefits and serve the greatest public need.
(b) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and
gas that are not included under subdivision (a).
(c) A determination of the economic, social, and other effects of
a temporary discontinuance in electrical or gas service to the
customers or for the uses determined in accordance with subdivision
(a) or (b).
(d) A determination of the potential effect of extreme
temperatures on the health and safety of residential customers. In
making this determination, the commission shall do all of the
following:
(1) Consult with appropriate medical experts and review
appropriate literature and research.
(2) Consider whether providing priority to customers experiencing
extreme temperatures would result in increased outage frequency and
duration for remaining customers and its effect on the health and
safety of those remaining customers.
(3) To the extent the commission determines it is in the public
interest to provide priority to customers that experience extreme
temperatures, it shall provide that priority only when temperatures
are extreme.
(4) Consider whether alternative measures are appropriate,
including, but not limited to, reducing the duration of the outage or
imposing the outage earlier or later in the day.
(e) A determination of unacceptable jeopardy or imminent danger to
public health and safety that creates substantial likelihood of
severe health risk requiring medical attention.
(f) Any curtailment or allocation rules, orders, or regulations
issued by any agency of the federal government.
(g) The commission shall also consider the effect of providing a
high priority to some customers on those customers who do not receive
a high priority.